Celebrity Girl Is My Wife

Of course, Nan Chen could tell Ning Ran was unhappy. He was just feigning ignorance.

While he ate, he talked to the children and ignored Ning Ran's dirty looks.

Nonetheless, Ning Ran had no choice but to let him mooch off their food.

As time passed, her anger dissipated. Still, she would not talk to him.

After dinner, Ning Ran went to the kitchen to clean up, and Nan Chen followed.

However, Ning Ran pretended not to see him and continued with her work.

“I did go to the hotel with her,” said Nan Chen while standing behind Ning Ran.

Ning Ran's anger surged when she heard that. So, you two went to the hotel? And yet you dare to assert

dominance over me? What's the meaning of this? Are you trying to tell me you went to a hotel with another

woman, and there's nothing I can do about it?

Ning Ran turned around to glare at him and bellowed, “Get out! Get out of my house!”

Even though I'm no match for you, I won't let you bully me, no matter who you are!

Regardless, Nan Chen did not move. Of course, he would not leave just because she told him so.

He began, “I'm sure you know there's a video production company under Nanshi Corporation. It was established

five years ago. For the past few years, we've invested a lot of money in it, but it kept losing money. It costs a lot to

run a video production company, after all. In fact, we need to invest a lot to buy copyrights. Although the company

was not making any profits, its growth was great. It's expected to be listed independently next year and slowly

achieve a profit break-even point and even make some earnings. You were abroad for some time. Surely you know

how influential Astoria's basketball league is. We've always wanted to acquire their network broadcast rights. So, we

put in a lot of effort, having long discussions with DBA's marketing team. Even their CEO came to Flower City to

have a meeting with our higher-ups. That was when the donation incident happened. Rumors of us being involved in

money laundering spread. The other party got worried. Hence, they suggested holding off the discussion and

continuing it when the time was right. Luo Zhiyi and Mr. David, the CEO of DBA, are acquaintances. That's why she

came with me to the hotel to talk to Mr. David. We wanted to convince him to resume the negotiation. That's all.”

Nan Chen explained everything in one go before looking at Ning Ran.

She said nothing. After all, she needed time to digest all the information.

“If you're there to talk about work, why did you make Nan Xing the scapegoat?” asked Ning Ran.

“That's because we didn't want our competitors to find out about the truth. Not only did I use Luo Zhiyi's connection

to meet with Mr. David, but there was also no favorable outcome. Hence, I decided to make a fuss out of the sneak

shot to divert everyone's attention and downplay the negative impacts of the failure. Not getting the broadcasting

rights for the DBA's basketball competition directly affects our plans for this year. It even affects our plan to get the

video company listed independently next year,” clarified Nan Chen seriously.

He doesn't look like he's lying. There's actually no need for him to lie, either. Even if he truly went on a date with

Luo Zhiyi at the hotel, there's nothing I can do about it.

“So you're saying I'm the reason your negotiation with the other party failed?” asked Ning Ran.

Nan Chen shook his head in response. “I'm not saying it failed. It's just paused for the time being, but it can also be

considered a failure for this short period. We're not the only company that wants to get the broadcasting rights.

There are other capable companies that have the same goal, too. Now that we've shelved the negotiation, the

other companies might have the chance to negotiate with them. Maybe we're already out of the competition.”

Ning Ran felt a heavy weight on her shoulders when she heard that.

Never did she expect the donation fiasco to have such a negative impact on Nanshi Corporation's development.

I can't believe I'm being jealous when such a serious matter is happening. This is so inappropriate of me.

“Is everything you said the truth?” Ning Ran eyed him.

“You can check with Jiang Zhe.”

“Jiang Zhe's your employee. Of course he'll agree with you.”

“You can ask the company's higher-ups then. They know about it.”

“They work for you, too. They'll definitely be on your side.”

“There's nothing I can do about it if you don't believe me.”

He left right after speaking, leaving Ning Ran standing alone in the kitchen and thinking back about what he had

said.

It should be true. There's no reason for him to come up with so many stories to lie to me.

Ning Ran was also aware of DBA's influence. Their players had many fans from China. Thus, getting the right to

broadcast the competition online would be a huge deal for a video company.

However, her personal matters had affected the company under Nanshi Corporation. Although Nan Chen explained

everything nonchalantly, the matter must have been stressful for him.

After all, almost everyone in Nanshi Corporation knew of Nan Chen's relationship with Ning Ran. Moreover, a

majority of the employees treated her as the CEO's wife.

And now, the CEO's wife had caused the company to be dragged into a money laundering scandal, which affected

the negotiation of a project. Naturally, the CEO was responsible for it.

Perhaps no one in the company dared to criticize Nan Chen for it, but everyone would be having the same

thoughts. Naturally, Nan Chen would feel stressed.

It was natural for everyone, including Nan Chen, to feel stressed sometimes, no matter how strong they were.

The thought of that made Ning Ran feel depressed. The entire incident was purely an accident. She never wanted

things to turn out that way.

After washing the dishes, she stepped out of the kitchen, but Nan Chen and the children were nowhere to be seen.

Thinking Nan Chen had taken the children away when she was distracted, she panicked and rushed out of the

house.

In reality, Nan Chen did not bring the children away. He was merely keeping them company as they played in the

courtyard.

Just then, Erbao ran over and asked, “Mommy, Daddy says he's going to stay here tonight. Is that okay?”

He's not leaving?

“Please say yes, Mommy,” Erbao implored, swinging Ning Ran's hand.

“He can stay if he wants. What does that have to do with me?” Ning Ran asked.

“Is that a yes, then?” Erbao clapped her hands happily and skipped toward Nan Chen.

With that, Ning Ran went back into the house without another word.

The second she entered the house, her phone rang.

She picked up the phone and saw it was an unknown number.

After answering it, she heard a shrill voice. “Ran, what are you doing?”

Ning Ran's blood boiled again the moment she heard that voice. It's that devil Ruan Anxi again!

He was the one who used her name for the donation, which led to the current situation.

“You again! This is all because of you! You're such a jerk!” scolded Ning Ran.

Ruan Anxi, however, was unfazed. “You sound like you're in a bad mood. Who bullied you? Tell me. I'll dig his heart

out!”

“Don't come looking for me in the future! I already have enough on my plate. Who on earth let you use my name

for that donation, anyway? And now there's a money laundering scandal going on!” Ning Ran fumed.

Ruan Anxi chuckled. “You rejected the money when I gave it to you. So, I helped you to donate it. I never expected

them to say Nan Chen was laundering the money. I really never expected that outcome. It's truly a surprise. This is

so interesting!”

His laughter only annoyed Ning Ran more.

“You're laughing? You devil! All you do is screw things up!” she huffed in a fit of anger before realizing it was

inappropriate for her to speak of him like that. It sounds weird.